Graham Cassano is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oakland University, in Rochester Michigan and an associate editor of Critical Sociology. He publishes on social theory and the relationship of New Deal cinema to class formation in the US.Richard Ricardo” A. Dello Buono, Ph.D. (Boston College, 1986) in Social Economy, is Chair of the Department of Sociology, Manhattan College. He has lectured at various Latin American universities and his research areas include comparative social problems and Latin American/Caribbean Studies.

• On the Contributors 1. What is Critical Sociology?, Graham CassanoI. A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS2. Reflections on the Sociology Liberation Movement of 1968, Robert J. S. Ross3. Scholarship from a Critical Perspective, David Fasenfest and Rhonda F. Levine4. A Left Weberian Road to Identity Politics in the United States, James W. RussellII. POLITICS AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION5. It’s Real! Racism, Color Blindness, Obama, and the Urgent Need for Social Movement Politics, EduardoBonilla-Silva and Victor Ray6. President Obama and Political Culture in the United States, Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr. 7. Martin Luther King’s Dream, Obama and Post Racial Society—Can We Yet Hope for a NewNarrative?, Rodney D. CoatesIII. REVISITING SOCIAL THEORY AND POLITICS8. Why New Socialist Theory Needs Guy Debord: On the Practice of Radical Philosophy, RichardGilman-Opalsky9. The Case for a Critical Sociology of Religion, Warren S. Goldstein10. Moving From Attitudes to Behavior: Using Social Infl uence to Understand Interpersonal Racial Oppression,Chavella T. Pittman11. Teletechnology and Internal Dialogue, Gordon Gauchat and Casey Borch12. On Surveillance as a Solution to Security Issues, Vida Bajc13. The Political Economy of School Violence in Trinidad: Towards a Caribbean Theory of Youth Crime, Daphne PhillipsBibliography IndexName Index Subject Index

Graham Cassano is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oakland University, in Rochester Michigan and an associate editor of Critical Sociology. He publishes on social theory and the relationship of New Deal cinema to class formation in the US.Richard Ricardo” A. Dello Buono, Ph.D. (Boston College, 1986) in Social Economy, is Chair of the Department of Sociology, Manhattan College. He has lectured at various Latin American universities and his research areas include comparative social problems and Latin American/Caribbean Studies.

• On the Contributors 1. What is Critical Sociology?, Graham CassanoI. A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS2. Reflections on the Sociology Liberation Movement of 1968, Robert J. S. Ross3. Scholarship from a Critical Perspective, David Fasenfest and Rhonda F. Levine4. A Left Weberian Road to Identity Politics in the United States, James W. RussellII. POLITICS AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION5. It’s Real! Racism, Color Blindness, Obama, and the Urgent Need for Social Movement Politics, EduardoBonilla-Silva and Victor Ray6. President Obama and Political Culture in the United States, Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr. 7. Martin Luther King’s Dream, Obama and Post Racial Society—Can We Yet Hope for a NewNarrative?, Rodney D. CoatesIII. REVISITING SOCIAL THEORY AND POLITICS8. Why New Socialist Theory Needs Guy Debord: On the Practice of Radical Philosophy, RichardGilman-Opalsky9. The Case for a Critical Sociology of Religion, Warren S. Goldstein10. Moving From Attitudes to Behavior: Using Social Infl uence to Understand Interpersonal Racial Oppression,Chavella T. Pittman11. Teletechnology and Internal Dialogue, Gordon Gauchat and Casey Borch12. On Surveillance as a Solution to Security Issues, Vida Bajc13. The Political Economy of School Violence in Trinidad: Towards a Caribbean Theory of Youth Crime, Daphne PhillipsBibliography IndexName Index Subject Index

Graham Cassano is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oakland University, in Rochester Michigan and an associate editor of Critical Sociology. He publishes on social theory and the relationship of New Deal cinema to class formation in the US.Richard Ricardo” A. Dello Buono, Ph.D. (Boston College, 1986) in Social Economy, is Chair of the Department of Sociology, Manhattan College. He has lectured at various Latin American universities and his research areas include comparative social problems and Latin American/Caribbean Studies.

• On the Contributors 1. What is Critical Sociology?, Graham CassanoI. A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS2. Reflections on the Sociology Liberation Movement of 1968, Robert J. S. Ross3. Scholarship from a Critical Perspective, David Fasenfest and Rhonda F. Levine4. A Left Weberian Road to Identity Politics in the United States, James W. RussellII. POLITICS AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION5. It’s Real! Racism, Color Blindness, Obama, and the Urgent Need for Social Movement Politics, EduardoBonilla-Silva and Victor Ray6. President Obama and Political Culture in the United States, Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr. 7. Martin Luther King’s Dream, Obama and Post Racial Society—Can We Yet Hope for a NewNarrative?, Rodney D. CoatesIII. REVISITING SOCIAL THEORY AND POLITICS8. Why New Socialist Theory Needs Guy Debord: On the Practice of Radical Philosophy, RichardGilman-Opalsky9. The Case for a Critical Sociology of Religion, Warren S. Goldstein10. Moving From Attitudes to Behavior: Using Social Infl uence to Understand Interpersonal Racial Oppression,Chavella T. Pittman11. Teletechnology and Internal Dialogue, Gordon Gauchat and Casey Borch12. On Surveillance as a Solution to Security Issues, Vida Bajc13. The Political Economy of School Violence in Trinidad: Towards a Caribbean Theory of Youth Crime, Daphne PhillipsBibliography IndexName Index Subject Index